About Purba Durgapur Village

Purba Durgapur is a mid sized village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 871, made up of 473 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Durgapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Durgapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Kaliaganj
Pincode	733129
Area (hectares)	103.79 hectares
Population	871
Male Population	473
Female Population	398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purba Durgapur compares

By the 2011 count Purba Durgapur is the 99th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 103.79 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Purba Durgapur

Purba Durgapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purba Durgapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purba Durgapur from other places

Purba Durgapur lies about 47 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Raiganj, about 10 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Purba Durgapur
Nearest town	Rāiganj	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Raiganj	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kaliaganj	21 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	47 km

Villages closest to Purba Durgapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kaliaganj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Purba Durgapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Durgapur village had a population of 871. That makes it the 99th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Purba Durgapur village has 473 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Durgapur has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Purba Durgapur is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Durgapur covers 103.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Durgapur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Durgapur is Raiganj, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Purba Durgapur.

Purba Durgapur is about 47 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Durgapur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Rāiganj is about 9.7 km away. Raiganj is about 10 km away. Kaliaganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.